Author Archives: The Conservative Moms

It appears yet another Trump appointee has left the Whitehouse. This time Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was the one to step down. According to media reports, he will be replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo. Although Tillerson and Trump didn’t necessarily see eye to eye, Tillerson had always been adamant about staying on the job. His departure surprised us ...

A compromise in the form of gun legislation was recently passed by the Florida Senate after the Parkland shooting reignited the fiery gun debate between Democrats and Republicans. On Monday, the Florida Senate passed a bill that implements new gun restrictions but also allows some teachers to carry guns in school. It took three hours for both parties to come ...

Even if you don’t have children of your own, you’ve heard the horror stories revolving around the terrible twos and the dreaded teenage years. To be fair, this bad behavior isn’t necessarily the child’s fault. During these stages, hormones are rushing through their bodies, controlling their thoughts and behaviors. We all know that teenagers are full of estrogen and testosterone ...

These days it seems the Democrats and Republicans both see themselves as the “moral” party. The Dems defining moral as open-minded and inclusive where the Conservatives believe moral is staying true to Christian values. As a parent, it can be hard to know where to stand. Children are notoriously open-minded as their brains are still developing and they are still ...

Motel 6 has been accused of giving personal guest information to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) without guests’ permission. According to a lawsuit filed by the state of Washington, Motel 6 provided ICE with regular lists of information including names, DOBs, driver’s license numbers, and even room numbers. Motel 6 staffers told investigators that ICE agents circled any “Latino-sounding” names ...

Criminals have found a way to avoid background checks to get guns. According to the Wall Street Journal, there is a black gun market where criminals are easily acquiring rifle parts and then assembling them for buyers willing to pay big money for these undocumented weapons. “Axel Galvez had a deal: $7,500 for five untraceable semiautomatic rifles. And he had ...

Wages are finally starting to go up in large cities with low unemployment. Take Minneapolis, for example, where unemployment is just over 2%. Over the past year, private-sector workers saw a wage increase of 4%. This is 50% better than the national average and better than any period of wage growth the area has seen in 6 years. Similar changes have ...

Even though the $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline project has been operational for only the last six months, it is already bringing substantial prosperity to North Dakota. The oil production has surged, specifically 78,000 more barrels of oil were produced daily between September and October. The state also has 15 more drilling rigs operating this January compared to last year. Energy ...

President Donald Trump repeatedly said on his campaign trail that the U.S. needs to become much less dependent on energy from other countries. His administration has proposed a plan to do just that and expand offshore areas of the Outer Continental Shelf for drilling by 90%. This is the largest expansion of offshore drilling ever proposed. “This is a start (of) ...

On the cusp of the new year, virtually every media outlet will do some version of the year in review. They will highlight their top stories of 2017. This season there are not a lot of stories to revisit since most of the media has sustained repetitious reporting on just a few narratives. For sure, they will focus in on ...